Image Editing
Edit instruction
“Add dynamic motion to this photo: make hair blow in the wind, add leaves flying, energetic and lively feel.”
ByteDance's image generation model with integrated text-to-image and image editing capabilities in a unified architecture, supporting up to 4K resolution
Seedream 4.0 Benchmarks
Seedream 4.0 currently holds the #17 position for text-to-image generation with a 1237 Elo rating and ranks #14 for image editing with an Elo of 1174. This unified architecture from ByteDance maintains competitive performance across both creative generation and precise image manipulation tasks.
Lumenfall Arena
#18
Image Editing
1170
Elo
Image Editing Landscape
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Competition Results
Image Editing
Source
Edit instruction
“Make a photo of the man driving the car down the California coastline”
Image Editing
Edit instruction
“Give the person a full, thick head of natural hair with realistic texture, density, and a natural hairline. Preserve facial features and lighting.”
Image Editing
Edit instruction
“Change the scene to night: a deep, dark sky with subtle, glistening stars visible behind the mountain.”
3 attempts – showing best result
Image Editing
Edit instruction
{
"action": "image_edit",
"reference": "uploaded neutral portrait",
"change": "Warm genuine Duchenne smile: lips curved up, slight natural teeth, soft eye crinkles, subtle cheek raise",
"details": "Realistic smiling skin (dimples if present, soft cheek shadows), slightly brighter eyes; keep exact eye shape/color/iris",
"preserve_exact": "Face identity/structure, eyes/nose/lips/eyebrows, hair, skin texture/pores/freckles, makeup, clothing, head pose, background, lighting, shadows, framing",
"no_changes": "No face shape change, no new features, no gaze shift, no hair/clothing/lighting/background edits",
"style": "Ultra-photorealistic 8K portrait, sharp face focus, natural soft lighting, realistic skin glow"
}
4 attempts – showing best result
Image Editing
Source
Edit instruction
“Transform this photo into a Studio Ghibli–inspired illustration. Use soft pastel colors, hand-painted textures, gentle lighting, dreamy backgrounds, and a warm, nostalgic mood”
Image Editing
Edit instruction
“Give the person a full, thick head of natural hair with realistic texture, density, and a natural hairline. Preserve facial features and lighting.”
Image Editing
Edit instruction
{
"action": "image_edit",
"reference": "uploaded neutral portrait",
"change": "Warm genuine Duchenne smile: lips curved up, slight natural teeth, soft eye crinkles, subtle cheek raise",
"details": "Realistic smiling skin (dimples if present, soft cheek shadows), slightly brighter eyes; keep exact eye shape/color/iris",
"preserve_exact": "Face identity/structure, eyes/nose/lips/eyebrows, hair, skin texture/pores/freckles, makeup, clothing, head pose, background, lighting, shadows, framing",
"no_changes": "No face shape change, no new features, no gaze shift, no hair/clothing/lighting/background edits",
"style": "Ultra-photorealistic 8K portrait, sharp face focus, natural soft lighting, realistic skin glow"
}
4 attempts – showing best result
Uncategorized
Image Editing
Source
Edit instruction
“Create a caricature of me and my job. Make it exaggerated and humorous, incorporating my profession as a tv show anchor and my love for dogs and hockey.”
Image Editing
Edit instruction
“Swap the positions of the blue and yellow blocks”
2 attempts – showing best result
Top Matchups
See how Seedream 4.0 performs head-to-head against other AI models, ranked by community votes in blind comparisons.
vs FLUX.2 [max]
Challenge: Studio Ghibli Anime Style
67% W · 33% L
vs Grok Imagine Image
Challenge: Modern Clean Menu
0% W · 100% L
vs GPT Image 1.5
Challenge: Vintage Cafe Logo
33% W · 67% L
vs Nano Banana Pro
Challenge: Man and Car in California
0% W · 100% L
vs Nano Banana
Challenge: Bald man challenge
0% W · 100% L